San Ramón Canton

San Ramón Canton

San Ramón is the name of the second canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 1,018.64 km² [Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.] , and has a population of 72,568 [Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.] . The capital city of the canton is also called San Ramón.

An oddly-shaped canton, San Ramon stretches north through the eastern heights of the Cordillera de Tilarán, looking down on the Central Valley (Valle Central) to its east. The canton forms the border with the province of Guanacaste to the west.

The canton of San Ramón is subdivided into 13 distritos (districts).

# San Ramón
# Santiago
# San Juan
# Piedades Norte
# Piedades Sur
# San Rafael
# San Isidro
# Los Ángeles
# Alfaro
# Volio
# Concepción
# Zapotal
# Peñas Blancas

History

The canton was established by a decree of August 21, 1856.

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